The penetration ratio of iOS8 reached 76% in China in Q2 2015; and as of August 2015, only 19.4% subscribers still used the iOS7 system. The popularization of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus promoted the adoption of iOS8, and the free system upgrade feature improved iPhone user base in China. When issued in September 2015, iOS9 might […]
Tencent Invests $50 Million in Kik Messenger
Tencent invests US$50 million to Kik messenger, the Canadian instant messaging application for mobile devices that is available on iOS, Android, and Windows phone operating systems. Kik has earned the company one billion dollar valuation since the investment in August.
China Offline Mobile Payment Insights in 2015
In 2014, the transaction value of Chinese mobile payment reached 6 trillion yuan (US$0.94 trillion), and is expected to exceed 9 trillion yuan (US$1.41 trillion) in 2015. The popularity of O2O and smartphones triggered deeper penetration of electronic payments.
China Mobile Phone Brands Advertising Spends in June 2015
In June 2015, the total advertising spends of mobile phone brands totalled 54.14 million yuan (US$8.45 million). Among them, Meizu spent 10.21 million yuan on online advertising, ranking first; followed by Lenovo (US$0.71 million) and Samsung (US$0.65 million) according to iResearch data.
Market Share of Chinese Telecom Networks in Q2 2015
By the end of Q2 2015, the penetration rate of smartphones has reached 65.5% in China urban regions, an increase of 4.3% compared with the previous quarter and an increase of 18.9% year over year. The penetration rate of China Mobile smartphone users was the highest which reached 66.3% according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.
China Top 100 Mobile Apps in July 2015
With rapid development of mobile internet, mobile and social features will play more and more important role. Among all the mobile apps in China in July 2015, social platforms like WeChat and QQ ranked first with the monthly average users of 556.48 million and 424.28 million respectively.
Weibo MAUs Reached 212 Million in Q2 2015
Weibo reported net revenues of US$107.8 million in Q2 2015, compared to US$77.3 million for the same period last year. Advertising and marketing revenues for the second quarter of 2015 totalled US$87.9 million, compared to US$59.6 million for the same period last year.
Will Xiaomi Continue Rapid Growth?
In Q2 2015, Xiaomi was the top smartphone vendor in China by shipments volume of 15.9%, followed by Huawei (15.7%). Apple ranked third, followed by Samsung and Vivo. The rapid development of Xiaomi has shocked the smartphone market after it was founded five years ago. The company’s posted sales growth slowed down which prompted many […]
China Online Gaming Market to Exceed $22 Billion in 2015
In 2015, Chinese online gaming market is expected to reach $22.2 billion (about 142 billion yuan), and officially surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest online gaming market according to data of TalkingData and Newzoo. Mobile gaming revenue of China in 2015 is estimated to reach $6.5 billion (about 41.6 billion yuan), surpassing Japan and […]
China Mobile Gaming Market in H1 2015
In H1 2015, the total transaction revenue of China’s gaming market reached 60.51 billion yuan (US$9.73 billion), an increase of 21.9% compared with the same period of last year. The transaction revenue of self-developed online gaming market reached 45.83 billion yuan (US$ 7.37 billion), accounting for 75.7%; and the overseas market revenue was US$1.76 billion, […]
China’s Mobile Car Calling Market from 2014 to 2015
Kuaidi and Didi mobile car calling apps still rank first in China’s car calling market by usage rate according to iiMedia Research. Carpooling will become the next focus of competitions in China’s car calling market.
China Advertising Insights 2015
In May 2015, CTR, a Chinese reserach company, announced a new report on China advertising market, which focused on key industries and top advertising marketing companies.
China’s Top 30 Mobile Internet Companies in 2015
Forbes China in April released a list of Top 30 Mobile Internet Companies in China in 2015, which records the revenue of China’s technological companies on the mobile internet. Tencent ranks first with the mobile revenue of RMB 22.171 billion (USD$ 3.571 billion), and Xiaomi is the only hardware manufacturer on the list.
Over 200K Taobao Fraud Transaction Accounts Targeting Uber
In the costly-spending O2O field, almost all firms have a grievous history of fraud transactions and anti-fraud transactions. Uber, Didi, and other vehicle calling services have become the trades favoured by many over the past two years, due to their high-profile spending of scores of millions US dollars every day.
China E-commerce Market in Q1 2015
In Q1 2015, the total transaction value of China e-commerce market exceeded RMB3.48 trillion (USD$567.49 billion) with an increase of 10.1% YoY and 23.8% QoQ. In accordance with China B2B market and online shopping market in Q1 2015, e-commerce market had slowed its YoY growth. Besides, it is now evolving into a new stage.